diy seaswirl

[jbroadway]

hi im in the uk and cannot find one of these at all could anyone help?

 

[bobafet1]

I'm thinking it's no longer working since no one has bothered posting an update. Sometimes it's just better spending the money on a manufactured piece of equipment instead of DIY. Oh well, this did seem like a cool idea.

 

[Tigé21v]

I'm thinking it's no longer working since no one has bothered posting an update. Sometimes it's just better spending the money on a manufactured piece of equipment instead of DIY. Oh well, this did seem like a cool idea.

Bumping this in the hopes someone has had found success with this, and will chime in.
Seems the Achille's heel in the design would be the use of the pvc coupler. I'd think the O rings would wear out pretty quick and start leaking. Also would probably take a high torque motor.
I wonder if one were to use a length of vinyl (or some similar/pliable) hose between the swirler and the hard plumbing to the pump? And make the plumbing through the swirler all hard (one piece), rather than using the pvc coupler? The motor/armature would still connect to the pipe passing through the swirler, and the swirler pipe passed through to a sealed bearing inside the swirler box. But the rotation would be achieved through the twisting of the vinyl hose. I don't know if a 90 degree twist over a 9-12" length of the hose would be possible? The restriction of the hose when it reached the apex of its rotation could be reduced by stepping up to a larger diameter hose. Or, perhaps the restriction could act as a means of variable flow? (Though I doubt the change in flow through the 90 degree turn would be minimal.)
yes/no....maybe so?

 

[sweet2004r1]

I know this is a really old thread.. But does the O-ring part just slide into the coupling and thats it??? Little confused on how it all works..

 

[bmkj02]

Wish there was another thread from start to finish and is detailed like this once was. A lot has been deleted off of it. I want to make my own too but need something to go by. If anyone has found one please post. And yes I have looked here and other sites